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CONGRATULATIONS, LOVE.OKAY, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UH, JUST FOR OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, DUE TO THE SETUP OF THE ROOM, WE ARE ASKING WHEN YOU COME UP TO SPEAK, YOU CAN COME RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, EVERYBODY ON THE STAGE, IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF EMERGENCY OR A FIRE, WE WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU USE THE OUTSIDE, UM, AISLES TO GET OUTSIDE OF THE DOORS.
UM, AND IF YOU ARE A PUBLIC SPEAKER, PLEASE JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU SIGN IN PRIOR TO US CALLING YOU TO SPEAK.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS, UH, THE CHAIR.
UM, AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO HER TO BEGIN WITH THE AGENDA.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD.
WE, UM, IT APPEARS WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER.
IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND, UM, COME UP TO THE MIC AND MAYBE THE
NO, I CAN'T COME UP WHEN I DO THESE TO YOU.
YOU GOTTA HAVE THESE HANDOUTS.
YOU, IT SAYS THE PAGE, IT'S MOSTLY
OH, UH, BEFORE THAT CAN I ACTUALLY HAVE YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR TOPIC, PLEASE? UH, MY NAME AND WHAT, UH, TOPIC.
CAT, P AND R PROBLEM, THE RESPONSIBLE DALLAS PEOPLE.
OKAY, MS. RYAN, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME NOW.
THIS IS MY THIRD MEETING, MY SECOND ONE TO TALK.
EVERYBODY ELSE HAS LOST FAITH.
THEY TOLD ME IT'S JUST BANGING THEIR HEAD UP AGAINST THE WALL.
AND I SAID, GUYS, WE'VE GOTTA TRY.
YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA ASK AND LET 'EM KNOW YOU ANYWAY.
NO ONE'S HERE ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME TO JUST GIVE UP AND I'M NOT GONNA GIVE UP BECAUSE ON PAGE ONE, I'M DOING THIS IN HONOR OF AMANDA SMITH, OUR RESCUER AND FRIEND WHO DIED IN THE ACCIDENT IN NOVEMBER, TRANSPORTING THE CATS TO SBCA.
AND I PROMISED HER I'LL KEEP FIGHTING, SO I'M GONNA DO THIS FOR HER.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER THE SAME THING BECAUSE Y'ALL KNOW WHY I'M HERE.
'CAUSE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR DALLAS DOESN'T HAVE PROPER COMMUNITY.
CAT T AND R PROGRAM, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
WE ARE ALL EXHAUSTED STANDING FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AT TCAP FROM SPAY NEUTER WAITING, GET ONE OF 12 SLOTS.
IF YOU DON'T GET THAT SLOT, YOU RACE UP TO ALLEN OR YOU GO TO HER, OR YOU GO HERE, YOU GO THERE.
AFTER AMANDA'S ACCIDENT, TRANSPORTING EIGHT CATS, WE ALL HAD A WAKE UP CALL.
THAT'S US IN THE MORNING AT 4:00 AM DRIVING AROUND TRYING TO GET A SPOT AND IT'S GOTTA STOP.
WE, WE NEED Y'ALL TO GET A PARTNERSHIP, PLEASE, WITH OPERATION KINDNESS OR SPCA.
BEFORE CO WE WOULD GO TO SPCA BETWEEN 7 30, 8 30, DROP OFF, COME BACK AT THREE AND PICK UP.
WE HAD, WE HAD A LIFE AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE.
AND I KEEP COMING HERE AND I'M GOING TO BE A BROKEN RECORD 'CAUSE IT'S ALL I EVER TALK ABOUT.
WE'VE BEEN SAYING NO ONE SHOWS UP ANYMORE.
'CAUSE THEY TOLD ME IT'S USELESS THAT NOTHING GETS DONE AND NOTHING CHANGES.
SO I'M HERE AND I JUST, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE LEFT, BUT ON PAGE FOUR, THERE'S A SCREENSHOT OF WHAT I REALLY WANNA STRESS, THE FOUR CITIZENS OF DALLAS.
THERE'S A LITTLE SCREENSHOT FROM MOISES.
THEY DON'T KNOW, THEY DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD TO BE IN LINE AT 4:00 AM THEY, THEY THEY LOOK AT THE WEBSITE SAYS AN HOUR BEFORE OPENING.
SO ALL THESE PEOPLE, HE'S DOING 17 CATS AND HE'S SHOWING UP AT THESE PLACES AND HE IS TURNED AWAY.
IF YOU READ THE SCREENSHOT, HE, HE WAS SAVED
BUT MY POINT IS THERE ARE A HUNDRED MOISES DALLAS PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP, TRYING TO DO STUFF WITH YOU GUYS, TRYING TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, JUST DOING NOTHING AND BLAMING DALLAS ALLEN SERVICES ALL THE TIME.
SO I'M ASKING YOU TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING, SOME KIND OF PROGRAM SO THAT MOISES AND ALL THESE OTHER CITIZENS THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP, THAT WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION AND DO THIS, THEY HAVE A PLACE TO GO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.
IT'S MOSTLY PHOTOGRAPHS, UM, OF THE SPCA FLIGHT PROGRAM THAT AMANDA'S KILLED TRANSPORTING CATS TO THE SPCA.
AND WITHOUT THAT, LIKE TWICE A MONTH, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET 2000 CATS A HUNDRED GALLONS.
LAST YEAR THEY'VE DONE 4,000 SO FAR WE DO THIS EVERY TWO WEEKS.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
JUST TRYING TO HOPE AND PRAY THAT WE CAN GET SOME KIND OF COMMUNITY CAT TNR PROGRAM FOR US.
EXHAUSTED PEOPLE AND ALSO THE CITIZENS.
SEE IF WE CAN DO AN OFFICIAL ROLL CALL AND THEN WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
UM, CAN EVERYBODY GO AROUND THE ROOM? LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER
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SANDERS, INTERVIEW FOR 12, AND, UH, JUST THE, UH, DISTRICT AND COUNCIL MEMBER PLEASE.UM, HI, MY NAME'S KAREN SANDERS AND I AM FROM DISTRICT 14.
AND, UH, MY COUNCIL MEMBER IS PAUL LEY.
UH, JAY GONZALEZ WITH PRECINCT, UH, 13 GAY WILLIS.
STEPHANIE CASEY, DISTRICT THREE.
ZIN GRACIE, RACHEL NELSON, GEERING, DISTRICT TWO.
JONATHAN SACKER, DISTRICT ONE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAD WEST.
SHELBY BOFSKI, COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, UH, PAULA BLACKMAN.
AND IF WE CAN GO ONLINE PLEASE, IF YOU CAN, UM, LET'S START WITH ELIZABETH AND THEN BONNIE ELIZABETH SREB, DISTRICT 11 WITH JAMIE SCHULTZ.
AND I WISH I REMEMBERED MY DISTRICT, BUT I DON'T, BUT I THINK IT'S 14, BUT I'LL HAVE TO LOOK IT UP.
DO WE NEED TO GO OVER THE ABSENTEES OR JUST DOLING AHEAD? YES, NOTED.
UM, AREN'T YOU GUYS NEXT? UM, WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 19TH.
UM, AS ALWAYS, JILLIAN DOES SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THEM.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, CONCERNS OR ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? NO.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MOVE.
SO EVERYONE, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT OVERVIEW.
UM, WE DO THIS FOR THE NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS.
WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S REALLY, UM, A GOOD SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED AS A COMMISSION.
UH, AND THEN WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO IN, UM, THE FA IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
AND SO I USUALLY, I'M THE AUTHOR OF THIS, BUT I ALWAYS WELCOME AND I KNOW JILLIAN WELCOMED INPUT FROM EVERYONE AND ANYONE.
UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HAD SOME TIME TO GO OVER IT.
AGAIN, IT'S BEEN JUST ONE OF THOSE YEARS, UH, FOR DAS AND AS WE SIT IN OUR POSITIONS AND WE TRY TO HELP, UM, ADVISE COUNSEL, UH, DAS ESPECIALLY IN THESE MEETINGS, BUT ABOVE AND BEYOND, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL HERE, UM, LIKE LISA AND STEPHANIE WHO VOLUNTEER OR AT THE SHELTER A LOT.
UM, OTHERS ARE IN OTHER TYPES OF MEETINGS, WHETHER IT'S ORDINANCES LIKE RACHEL, UM, AND, AND SO FORTH.
SO IF EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE REPORT, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES MADE TO THE REPORT, WE CAN VOTE ON THEM AND ADD THEM.
UM, IF THERE IS A CONSENSUS, IF THERE IS NOT A CONSENSUS, THEN WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GO AHEAD AND, UM, THAT PERSON ON THEIR OWN, EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER WRITES A DISSENTING OPINION REMARK, AND THEN THAT IS ADDED, BUT THAT IS NOT PART OF THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE.
SO, UM, I HOPE, AND, AND PLEASE, WE WELCOME DISSENTING VIEWPOINTS.
EVEN IF WE DON'T VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT, WE STILL THINK THAT SHOULD GO IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION.
SO SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ANY DISSENTING OPINIONS, BUT, UM, JUST WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS.
PLEASE POINT OUT TYPOS, ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, IF YOU GUYS HAVE AGREEMENTS OR WANNA ADD SOMETHING, NOW IS THE TIME TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO WAS EVERYBODY, UM, IN AGREEMENT WITH THE REPORT? YES.
UM, SO THEN I, I'D LOVE FOR SOMEONE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE REPORT.
UM, AND I JUST ALSO WANNA THANK YOU ALL TOO.
IT WAS, UH, GREAT LOOKING AT THIS REPORT IN DECEMBER AND REMINDING, UM, NOT ONLY MELISSA AND HER TEAM, BUT OUR COMMISSIONERS, HOW MANY MEETINGS WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR WITH OUR TASK FORCE.
UM, LOOKING AT THE ORDINANCES, YOU KNOW, ONE SHINING STAR THAT I FELT CAME OUT OF IT IS THE GREAT WORK THAT PAUL AND HIS TEAM DID WITH RESPECT TO COYOTES, I THINK IN THE PAST.
BUT ALSO THIS YEAR WE HAVE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES USING OUR ONE PAGERS, UM, FOR COYOTES.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DAS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF IT.
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THANK YOU EVERYBODY.AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND MELISSA, UM, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
YOU'RE NEXT WITH THE DIRECTOR'S PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR LOOKING OUT FROM COLD.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
I'M MELISSA WEBER, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FOR DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
SHE, SENIOR MANAGER FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
MARY MARTIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PAUL RAMON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND SUMMER DOL SENIOR MANAGER OF SHELTER OPERATIONS.
AND, UM, AND THEN THE REST OF THE TEAM IS, IS ONLINE.
UM, I DO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE FOLKS ARE COMMITTED, DEDICATED PEOPLE.
WE'RE HIRED TO WORK 40 HOURS A WEEK, FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND, AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T PART OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, WE'RE REGULARLY WORKING WELL ABOVE 40 HOURS, WELL ABOVE FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
THIS REALLY IS A COMMITTED, DEDICATED TEAM TO, TO IMPROVE AND BE A RESTORE TO THE PETS AND PEOPLE OF DALLAS.
RIGHT? I JUST WANTED TO START BY SAYING THAT'S NEXT SLIDE.
UM, WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE PRINCIPLES, DAS PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF SURVEY FOR DASHBOARD OF PERFORMANCE.
AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT QUARTER ONE, WHICH IS OCTOBER, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2023.
OUR VALUES OF SERVICE ARE CITY OF DALLAS, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, VISION FRAMEWORK.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE THESE EVERY TIME AND EVERY TIME THAT WE MEET WITH, WITH YOU AS COMMISSIONERS OR WE HAVE MEETINGS WITH OUR TEAM, ALL STAFF MEETINGS, WE'RE ALWAYS INCORPORATING THESE VALUES OF SERVICE SO THAT THEY CAN BE INGRAINED AND PART OF OUR CULTURE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THIS IS WHAT, WHO, WHO WE WANT TO SHOW UP FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AS WITH EMPATHY, ETHICS, EXCELLENCE, ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITY SLIDE.
AND THEN THE PRINCIPLES ARE DAS PRINCIPLES THAT WE CONTINUE WITH, UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, COMPASSION AND
AND AGAIN, WE, WE, I TALK ABOUT THOSE IN EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE, JUST SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM INGRAINED CULTURE.
SO THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE, FIVE SLIDES ARE GOING TO BE OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 CITY GOAL.
THE FIRST ONE IS OUR CITY MANAGER GOAL, INCREASED DOGS AND CATS IN FOSTER.
UM, SO WHEN WE FORECASTED THIS, IT WAS A FOUR YEAR FORECAST.
SO ORIGINALLY FOR TWO YEARS WE WERE SUPPOSED TO INCREASE FOSTERS BY 5%, AND THEN THE NEXT TWO YEARS INCREASE IT BY 2%, AND WE'VE JUST BEEN BLOWING IT OUT OF THE WATER EVERY TIME.
AND SO THIS IS, YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE, FISCAL YEAR DATE, UM, 64, UM, 24, SORRY, LOOKED AT THE NET.
UM, AND WHAT THAT IS CURRENTLY, WE HAVE OVER 600 DOGS IN FOSTER AND OVER 300 CATS IN FOSTER.
SO THAT'S REALLY INCREASING AND MAXIMIZING OUR LIFESAVING.
I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS BEFORE THE MEETING, AND SHE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WITH COMMUNITY THAT THAT'S CREATED TOO.
HAVING ALL OF THOSE FOSTER PARENTS AND CREATING A CULTURE OF FOSTERING WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO NOT ONLY LIFE SAVING, BUT, BUT WHAT, HOW IT'S AFFECT COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS KIND OF GROWTH IS NOT WITHOUT ITS CONSEQUENCES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE CONSTANTLY PROBLEM SOLVING IS HOW WE SUPPORT THIS MEMBER OF PETS IN FOSTER, BOTH, UM, WITH THE FOSTER TEAM, BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE FOSTERING AND WITH OUR MEDICAL TEAM.
AND THAT'S A REGULAR THING IN SHELTERING THAT YOU SEE AS YOUR FOSTER GROWS THAT THE IMPACT ON THE MEDICAL TEAM.
AND SO WE'RE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REGULARLY LOOKING AT.
OUR NEXT ONE IS THAT WE FEED DOG, UM, RETURN TO HOME RATE BY 40%.
THIS IS, THAT'S ON HERE FOR A WHILE.
I WILL SAY I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'RE AT 21%, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN WE'VE BEEN FOR A WHILE.
UM, WE HAD OUR FISCAL YEAR TO DATE GROWTH OVER LAST YEAR IS 15.9%.
SO ALL 16% WHO WERE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND I KNOW I, I'VE COME HERE AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, TALKED ABOUT IT, TALKED ABOUT IT, AND SAID THAT WE'RE GONNA STAY ACCURATE.
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AN INCREASE OF RETURN TO HOMES IN THE FIELD AND IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AS WELL AS THE RETURN TO HOME RATE IN THE SHELTER.AND SO THOSE OUTCOMES ARE HELPING US TO ACHIEVE THE, UM, AN INCREASE IN OUR LIFE RELEASE RATE.
MAINTAIN LOOSE AND LOOSE OWN DOG BITES.
AND SO WE'RE, THE GOAL IS TO BE, TO DECREASE IT BY 2%.
AND WHEN WE DID THIS FORECAST, THESE FORECASTS, THIS IS WHEN WE WERE STILL IN, UM, IN COVID TIMES.
AND SO OUR BITES WERE REALLY AT A LOW.
BUT THIS IS ALL THIS LOOKING AT PAST LAST YEAR, JUST 37% OVER LAST YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK I CAME HERE LAST QUARTER AND WE WERE REALLY SEEING SUCCESS IN OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR.
WE SAW SUCCESS IN, IN DECREASING THE LOOSE ON THE DOG BITES.
WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE THIS QUARTER.
UM, WE WERE HYPOTHESIZING THAT THE REASON THAT WE HAD SEEN SO MUCH SUCCESS IN FISCAL YEAR 23 WAS BECAUSE WE HAVE GOTTEN MORE STAFF.
SO WE HAD BEEN AT THAT 44%, UM, VACANCY RATE FOR UP TO A 16 TO 18% VACANCY RATE.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS IT, BUT WE'RE STILL THERE.
WE STILL HAVE THAT STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE PROACTIVE.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA KEEP LOOKING AT, KEEP MONITORING, UM, YOU KNOW, TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO TO REALLY IMPACT THIS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
BUT TWO OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A WARMER FALL SEASON.
I KNOW IT'S, IT'S FEELS SILLY TO SAY THAT WE HAD A WARM UP FALL SEASON THIS QUARTER BECAUSE IT'S FREEZING.
BUT, UM, WE DID HAVE A WONDERFUL SEASON THEN LAST YEAR, AND THEN WAS LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SEEN.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHY THAT NUMBER IS BUILT.
NEXT SLIDE IS ENGLISH AND DOGS TRANSFERRED TO RESCUES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR TO HELP IMPACT, UH, LIFE SAVING, THAT WE WANTED TO INCREASE OUR RESCUE, RESCUE PLACEMENT.
SO OUR GOAL WAS 5%, BUT WE'VE INCREASED IT BY 90%.
AND SO WE WANT TO LIKE REALLY SHOUT OUT TO OUR RESCUE PARTNERS.
SARAH'S GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT RESCUES AND WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT NUMBER.
UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, NEXT NEXT SLIDE.
THE NEXT NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, ABOUT PRODUCT LIVE RELEASE RATES.
SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT IMPACT IN THE 82%, AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN IN THE EIGHTIES FOR A WHILE.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SAW THEM IN FISCAL YEAR 23, SO TO BE IN THEIR PLACE IN FISCAL YEAR 24.
NOW WE HAVE TO KEEP UP THOSE RTOS.
WE HAVE TO KEEP UP THOSE ADOPTIONS.
WE HAVE TO, LIKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP UP ALSO SEE THAT WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE ANIMALS COME IN.
BUT WE ALSO FINISH, UM, DECEMBER, THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WITH AN 84.9 LIBRARY RATE.
SO GO BACK TO THE OTHER SLIDES.
AND SO THE, UM, THE OTHER METRIC THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY IS FULL OF TWO ADDITIONAL PRE VACCINE CLINICS IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT THESE ARE ONLY, THAT WE'RE ONLY DOING TWO.
UM, THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE DOZENS THAT WE ALREADY DO VACCINE CLINICS.
THIS IS WHERE WE WILL SPONSOR THREE VACCINE CLINICS IN ADDITION TO THE VACCINE CLINICS THAT ARE ALREADY.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HELD AND WHAT IS ONGOING IS THAT SPAY TOO? SORRY, THAT IS, OR IT'S JUST VACCINES VACCINE.
UM, SO HERE'S OUR, WE'LL DIG INTO THE DATA HERE.
SO, UM, I'D ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE 82%, 81% FOR CAT, UM, 57% FOR THE NEONATE.
AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE, WE, WE'VE REALLY SEEN A LOT ATE THIS YEAR WHEN WE, WE LOOK AT, UM, WHEN WE SEE THAT INTAKE WHITE SPECIES AND THEN, UM, THE OTHERS.
AND, AND WHAT IS AFFECTING THAT IS WE HAVE HAD SO MANY FIGHTING ROOSTER CASES, AND WE REALLY, WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST CASE, WE REALLY EXHAUSTED
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ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TRYING TO SEE IF THERE WAS EVER GONNA BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HAVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME.AND WE REALLY, WE, WE SPOKE WITH ALL THE NATIONALS.
WE SPOKE WITH LIKE ALL NATIONAL, UM, WILDLIFE, UM, A-S-P-C-A, BEST FRIENDS, HSUS, ANYBODY WE CAN'T, COULD TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND AN OUTCOME FOR THEM AND WE CAN'T.
SO WHENEVER WE SEE THOSE RISK OR CASES, IT'S GONNA IMPACT THIS NUMBER.
AND SO IF HERES OUR OUTCOME COMPARISON BY SPECIES.
AND SO YOU'VE SEEN IT GROW IN OVER LAST YEAR AND LIFE OUTCOMES, UM, FOR DOGS AND CATS, AGAIN, THE NEONATES IS, IS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING IN THIS QUARTER.
AND THEN YOU SEE THE OTHERS NEXT.
AND YOU TAKE BY SPECIES, WHICH IS
AND, AND IT'S GROWING BOTH IN FIELD AND SHELTER.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY WE REALLY HAVE TO, UH, I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC OF, OF THE TREND THAT WE'RE TAKING IN THE LIVE RELEASE RATE, BUT WE HAVE TO LIKE REALLY STAY ON TOP OF THOSE POSITIVE OUTCOMES AND KEEP THROWING THEM TO BE ABLE TO MATCH THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE SHELTER
AND THEN HERE IS OUR OUTCOME BY SPECIES, OUR LIVE OUTCOMES FOR DOGS AND MY NON-LIFE OUTCOMES.
UM, AGAIN, THE ADOPTIONS AND THE RESCUE ARE REALLY THE, THE WHAT'S, UM, WHAT'S DRIVING OUR SUCCESS, BUT ALSO SEE THE INCREASE IN THE FIELD, RTO, WHICH IS HELPING.
AND THEN DOWN BELOW IN OUR NON-LIVE OUTCOMES, THEY BOOST TIPS.
SPACE, HUMAN ARE OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES STILL GOING ON.
AND THEN CAPS, UM, ADOPTION INVESTMENT DRIVERS.
AND THEN FOR NON-LIFE OUTCOMES FOR CATS, IT REALLY IS PAIN BECAUSE SO OFTEN THE CATS THAT ARE COMING TO US ARE SO SICK OR INJURED THAT THEY'RE EUTHANIZED TO RELIEVE IR REMEDIABLE SUFFERING.
AND HERE'S OUR FIELD ACTIVITIES.
AND IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE AT A 67% SERVICE REQUEST, TIMELY RESPONSE RATE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID IMPACT, UH, OUR RESPONSE RATE IS HAVING, WE HAD OVER 400 WORDS.
WE HAD AT LEAST ONE BLOCK THIS QUARTER.
AND SO THEN THAT TAKES FOLKS AWAY FROM RESPONDING TO CALLS TO BE ABLE TO CARE FOR EACH SPREADSHEET.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TO HOLD 'EM WHILE, UM, UNTIL THE, THE, THE DA TAKES THE CASE BEFORE THE JUDGE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE TO HOLD THEM FOR AN APPEAL PERIOD.
SO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE, UM, CARE FOR THEM AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PROVIDE THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE FOR THEM BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE.
SO, UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE HAD, UH, UH, WE HAVE INTERFACE ISSUES WITH SALESFORCE AND CHAMELEON.
SO OUR, OUR 3 1 1, OUR SERVICE REQUEST CALLS TIME IN THROUGH 3 1 1, THE AR DALLAS APP OR ONLINE.
AND THEY GO THROUGH SALESFORCE.
AND THEN THE SALESFORCE INTERFACE WITH CHAMELEON IS HOW THEY'RE CONVERTED.
AND THAT INTERFACE HAS JUST OFTEN, UH, NOT WORKING.
AND, UM, SO IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT AND, BUT IT, IT SKEWS THE STEPS.
SO WE'RE WATCHING EVERY DAY, ALL ACTUALLY CREATED A REPORT SO WE CAN SEE, UM, WE CAN SEE EVERY DAY SERVICE REQUESTS THAT ARE COMING DUE OR THAT ARE GOING TO BE OVERDUE.
AND WE HAVE MANY, MANY, MANY DAYS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE COMPLETELY CAUGHT UP.
AND THAT'S NOT REFLECTED HERE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S WHEN WE'RE PULLING OUR DATA BECAUSE THE TIMELINESS OF THE, THE UPDATE IN THE SOFTWARE, I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE.
I'M, I'M NOT A VERY TECHIE PERSON, SO I, I'M NOT SURE I ARTICULATED THAT WELL.
ALL THAT TO SAY, OUR TEAM IS REALLY ON POINT AND THOSE SERVICE REQUEST CALLS, UM, LOOSE AND LOOSE ON SERVICE REQUESTS ARE
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ACTUALLY DOWN.AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LOOSE ON BIKES TO SEE THIS NUMBER DOWN, BUT THE BIKE'S UP, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT ARE THE DRIVERS AND, AND HOW DO WE GET AFTER THAT? SO, UM, THAT'S THAT.
AND THEN OUR SERVICE REQUEST TEXT, YOU CAN SEE BELOW OUR EXTERNAL PROACTIVES AND FOLLOW UPS ON MEDICAL TREATMENT.
AND SO I KNOW THAT SPAY NTER IS A HUGE TOPIC.
IT'S A HUGE TOPIC INTERNALLY FOR US TOO.
WE ARE CURRENTLY AT PLACE WHERE WITH OUR TWO DOCTORS, WE ARE ONBOARDING A PART-TIME DOCTOR RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE THAT'S TO START NEXT WEEK.
BUT CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UM, TWO, TWO DOCTORS IN THE SHELTER.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER DOCTOR THAT DOES TELEMEDICINE FOR OUR FOSTER, UM, FOSTER PARENTS.
BUT, UM, WITH THE TWO VETERINARIANS IN INTERNALLY, WE'RE GETTING THAT 28 64 SPAY SURGERIES FOR THE QUARTER.
BUT REALLY WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO ABOUT 35 SURGERIES A DAY FOR US TO BE ON POINT WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE.
AND TO MATCH THE ANIMALS COMING IN, WE HAVE TO DO AT LEAST 65.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN WITH THE, THE LACK OF VETERINARY, THE VETERINARIAN SHORTAGE, REALLY, WE ONLY HAVE THE, AND THIS IS, THIS IS SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES THAT ARE DONE INSIDE.
THESE ARE NOT THE SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES THAT WE'RE SUBSIDIZING WITH SPAY NEUTER NETWORK, UM, OR THAT WE'RE DOING WITH TCAP.
THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT OUR DOCTORS ARE DOING.
AND YOU SEE THAT IT CONTINUES TO GROW EVEN THOUGH OUR DOCTORS ARE GO GETTING LEFT.
AND LESS SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE DO MORE SURGERY SO THAT WE CAN DO MORE SPAY UTERINE? AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WITH, YOU KNOW, BRINGING, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY DO THREE, FIVE SURGERIES A DAY.
OFTEN IF YOU COME AND ADOPT AN ANIMAL FROM US TODAY, THERE'S EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT HE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE SPAYED OR NEUTERED UNTIL SATURDAY, AND THEN WE'RE EUTHANIZING HER SPACE, BUT THAT DOG IS TAKING UP THAT SPACE.
SO WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THESE THINGS OUT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF SPAY NEUTER.
WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE SAVING.
AND SO GETTING THROUGH ALL OF THESE BARRIERS AND, AND FIGURING OUT A WAY THROUGH OUR SPECIALTY SURGERIES ARE DOWN.
THE REASON THE SPECIALTY SURGERIES ARE DOWN IS BECAUSE THAT SO MUCH FOCUSES ON SPAY AND NEUTER, AND THEN OUR HEARTWORM TREATMENT IS AT 48.
AND, AND THAT'S WHO, UM, WE'RE STARTING HEARTBURN TREATMENT ON.
ANYBODY WITH AN OUTCOME
ALRIGHT, SO OUR, FOR OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, UM, OUR HOURS ARE UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
CAN, UM, CAN YOU FLIP THE SLIDE? SORRY, GO.
IS THIS THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? ONE MORE.
UM, SO YES, UH, HOURS ARE UP, UM, ALMOST, UH, 1100 HOURS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
AND OUR NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS IS ALSO GROWING.
UM, SO THE, IN THE FIRST QUARTER, OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR HAS MADE SOME CHANGES IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE RECRUITING AND ONBOARDING VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE THE PROCESS EASIER.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN ENGAGING VOLUNTEER TRAINERS, SO IT'S DEFINITELY HAVING AN IMPACT AND EXPANDING OUR ABILITY TO ONBOARD NEW VOLUNTEERS AND KEEP THEM ENGAGED.
AND BY UTILIZING VOLUNTEERS AS TRAINERS, BUILDING COMMUNITY RIGHT FROM THAT FIRST TIME SOMEONE STARTS VOLUNTEERING IN THE SHELTER.
UM, AND IT'S DEFINITELY HAVING AN IMPACT.
UH, VOLUNTEER RETENTION IS A NUMBER THAT WE TRACK ANNUALLY.
SO, UM, THIS IS A GRAPHIC THAT OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR PUT TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE, UM, THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, SO THE NUMBER OF HOURS LOGGED FOR DOG RELATED, UM, OPPORTUNITIES, UM, 4,000 HOURS, UM, AND OVER 450 HOURS IN CAT RELATED OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, OUR MARKETING VOLUNTEERS PUT IN OVER 2300 HOURS, UM, AS COMPARED TO 1300 HOURS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, REALLY INCREDIBLE GROWTH THERE.
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VOLUNTEERS WHO RUN SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES DEDICATED TO NETWORKING SHELTER ANIMALS.AND SO WE'RE SEEING, UM, WE'RE SEEING 'EM INSPIRE EACH OTHER AND THOSE PAGES ARE GROWING AND IT'S DEFINITELY HELPING EXPAND OUR REACH IN MARKETING OUR AVAILABLE PETS.
AND THEN, UM, THE PROGRAM THAT GREW THE MOST WAS OFFSITE EVENTS.
UH, WE BUILT AN OFFSITE EVENTS VOLUNTEER TEAM AND THEY LOGGED OVER 1800 HOURS AS OPPOSED TO 163 IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
OUR, THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT WE HAVE ATTENDED HAS EXPLODED.
UM, WE'RE ABLE TO ATTEND MULTIPLE VOLUNTEER OR MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE EVENTS EVERY SATURDAY BECAUSE OF THOSE VOLUNTEERS.
UM, AND WE HAVE STANDING MONTHLY EVENTS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AROUND DFW THAT ARE ENTIRELY COORDINATED AND RUN BY, UM, VOLUNTEERS, EVENT VOLUNTEERS.
UM, SO THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE TOP 10 RESCUES, UM, BROKEN DOWN BY CAT AND DOG AND THEN FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO AGE GROUP.
AND YOU'LL SEE A COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, OUR TOP RESCUE, UM, IS STILL OPERATION KINDNESS.
I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
I'LL LET Y'ALL TAKE A SECOND TO
UM, DEFINITELY REPRESENTATIVE OF A LOT OF REALLY AMAZING WORK ON OUR RESCUES PARTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN BY THE, UM, BY DOGS AND PETS AND EACH GROUP FOR PETS GOING TO RESCUES.
SO THINK WE'RE REALLY INCREDIBLE.
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DOGS THAT ARE BEING HO BY OUR RESCUE PARTNERS WE HAVE HAS DECLINED SLIGHTLY.
AND THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE EVENTS THAT WE ATTENDED IN, UH, QUARTER FOUR.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT LONG, LONG LIST OF ADOPTION EVENTS.
SO ONCE AGAIN, LARGELY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF OUR SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS.
THERE ARE
AND THOSE EVENTS ARE NOT JUST IMPACTFUL FOR ADOPTIONS, THEY'RE ALSO INCREDIBLE, UM, RECRUITMENT FOR VOLUNTEERS AND FOSTERS, UM, AND JUST ENGAGEMENT AND VISIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE GET AN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OUR PET SUPPORT PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO IF ANYBODY IS NEEDING ASSISTANCE, THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME TO US.
UM, SO THOSE EVENTS HAVE A REALLY BIG IMPACT.
AND SOME OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY THE REOCCURRING EVENTS I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO HUDDLE UP AND READ, THAT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
UM, THE POP HOUSE EVENT IS, IS A MONTHLY EVENT.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THOSE WERE STARTED AND ARE COORDINATED BY VOLUNTEERS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS ON HERE.
THOSE ARE, UM, EVENTS THAT WE WERE INVITED TO BY OUR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND WE SAID YES TO EVERY SINGLE INVITATION THAT WE RECEIVED.
UM, WHEN WE CAN'T SEND ADOPTION STAFF OUT, WE HAVE OUR INCREDIBLE FIELD SERVICES TEAM GOING OUT AND TALKING ABOUT THE RESOURCES AND SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE EDUCATION EVENTS AND, UM, MAINTENANCE SERVICES EVENTS.
THOSE ARE OUR VACCINE CLINICS THAT ARE HOSTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TCAP AND SNN AT DAS EVERY MONTH.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PET FOOD PANTRIES.
WE HAVE TWO OFFSITE LOCATIONS THAT WE DO MONTHLY PET FOOD PANTRIES AT, AND THEN WE ALSO DO ONE AT DAS EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
AND THEN WE HAD A LOT OF REALLY GREAT MEDIA ATTENTION, UM, IN THE FIRST QUARTER AS WELL.
SO, UM, COVERAGE FOR ADOPTION EVENTS THAT WE WERE HOSTING, WE DID SOME APPEALS TO GET MORE FOSTERS AND ADOPTERS AS OUR CAPACITY, UM, CONTINUED TO BE A STRUGGLE.
WE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT FEATURES ON, UM, REUNIFICATION STORIES.
THE, THE PET SUPPORT TEAM HAS BEEN DOING A REALLY INCREDIBLE JOB AND THERE WERE SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT, UH, REUNIFICATIONS IN THE FIRST QUARTER WITH PETS THAT HAD BEEN MISSING FOR, UM, A YEAR OR MORE.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO REUNITE THEM WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
SO, UM, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE AND, AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR MICROCHIPS ARE UPDATED AND, UM, AND THAT THEY'RE CHECKING WITH THEIR LOCAL SHELTER, WHICH THEY, THEIR PETS.
WE, UM, HAD A REALLY FUN STORY ABOUT A LOCAL BOY SCOUT WHO BUILT SOME, UM, DOG HOUSES AND DONATED THEM TO THE SHELTER, AND WE ACTUALLY GAVE ALL OF THOSE DOG HOUSES OUT OVER THE LAST WEEKEND WITH THE COLD WEATHER.
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SO REALLY GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR HIS INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO IT WAS FUN, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PLUG THAT.AND THEN WE WERE ALSO ON THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW.
UM, OUR, UH, AMAZING OFFICER JACKIE, UH, SUTHERLAND WAS ABLE TO TALK ABOUT HER WORK WITH, UM, COYOTES IN DALLAS.
SO REALLY SOME, UH, EXCITING MEDIA SPOTLIGHTS FOR DAS AND FIRST QUARTER.
AND NOW WE'LL HAVE SUMMER SILVER.
UM, SO, UM, I'M NEWER TO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES AND HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH SORT OF, UM, RELAUNCHING AND REINVIGORATING OUR COMMUNITY CHAT RESPONSE.
UM, SO REALLY WE HAVE SORT OF JUST STARTED KICKING THINGS OFF THIS, THIS FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, UH, WITH, UM, FOR TWO DEDICATED TEAM MEMBERS.
SO OUR COMMUNITY CAT TEAM IS SMALL, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO BE MIGHTY.
UH, SO WE HAVE TWO DEDICATED TEAM MEMBERS ON THE END.
REALLY WHAT THEIR PURPOSE IS IN THE SHELTER IS TO RESPOND TO, UM, SERVICE REQUESTS THAT ARE COMING IN ABOUT COMMUNITY CATS.
UM, THOSE COULD BE PEOPLE JUST WANTING ACCESS TO TNR AND WANTING THAT SSR NUMBER TO BE ABLE TO GO ACCESS
BUT WE ALSO GET A LOT OF OTHER REQUESTS ABOUT PEOPLE FEELING OVERWHELMED NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF SHARING INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ARE ALSO ASSISTING WITH TARGETED TNR PROJECTS.
UM, WE, AND I'LL GO INTO SOME OF THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
UH, AND REALLY ALSO MEDIATING A LOT OF NUISANCE IN NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS.
UM, A LOT OF THOSE SERVICE REQUESTS THAT COME THROUGH ARE, UH, ABOUT NEIGHBORS FRUSTRATED WITH ANOTHER NEIGHBOR.
AND SO OUR COMMUNITY TEAM SPENDS A LOT OF TIME GOING OUT SPEAKING TO BOTH PARTIES, UM, REALLY TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO CREATE DETERRENTS FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS THAT, UM, DON'T WANT CATS ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRYING TO SUPPORT THOSE THAT ARE CARING FOR CATS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICES.
UM, SO REALLY SHARING A LOT OF INFORMATION WITH THE DALLAS COMMUNITY, I WOULD SAY IS TAKING UP THE BULK OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO DAS AND SNN ARE ALSO WORKING, UH, TO INCREASE CAPACITY AND BEING ABLE TO SERVE THOSE SSR NUMBERS.
SO, UM, WE ARE NOW ALLOWING FOUR CATS PER SSR.
UM, WHEREAS BEFORE IT WAS TWO.
SO REALLY TRYING TO, UM, ASSIST WITH WHEN YOU'RE GOING OUT THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING TO TRAP AND YOU HAPPEN TO GET THREE CATS INSTEAD OF TWO NOT NEEDING TO WAIT, YOU CAN, UM, BRING ALL FOUR IN AND, AND REALLY TRYING TO, UM, MAKE A BIT MORE OF AN IMPACT FOR THOSE THAT ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TRAPPING.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR TARGETED AREAS, UM, BASED ON OUR KIDNEY INTAKE.
SO THE CHARTS THAT, THAT, UM, YOU SEE THE MAP TO THE, TO THE RIGHT, UH, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW GRANULAR WE'RE GETTING.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY WHERE WE SAW A HUGE NUMBER OF INJURED OR DECEASED CATS FROM, OR KITTENS.
UM, SO REALLY HIGH CAT INTAKE COMING IN FROM THIS AREA.
UM, AND SO WE ACTUALLY LIKE TAKE THE MAP DOWN TO THE ACTUAL HOUSES AND WE GO DOOR TO DOOR.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY FINISHED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT YOU CAN SEE WE'RE LITERALLY MAPPING THE NUMBER OF CATS WE'RE TAKING AT EACH HOME.
UM, AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE POPULATION IN A COMMUNITY, UH, THE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN YOU NEED TO, UH, TNR AT LEAST 70% OF THE POPULATION.
SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THOSE AREAS WHERE WE'RE SEEING OUR HIGHEST INTAKE FROM THAT, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THAT 70%.
SO, UM, THIS IS JUST SORT OF AN EXAMPLE OF THE TARGETED EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND PULLED THE DATA FROM LAST YEAR.
'CAUSE THIS WAS BASED ON, UM, 2022 DATA.
SO 2023 DATA IS IN, WE TOOK IN OVER 2300 NEONATE KITTENS LAST YEAR.
UM, AND SO REALLY DIGGING DEEP INTO THE DATA OF WHERE THOSE KITTENS CAME FROM AND WHERE WE NEED TO DO THIS TYPE OF TARGETED EFFORT.
UM, WE'VE ALSO STARTED TRAPPING IN OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM.
THE, UM, THE COMMUNITY CAT RESPONSES THAT, UH, WERE AN, AN ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, WHICH IS NEW THIS PAST QUARTER.
WE STARTED IN LATE OCTOBER, SO THE OCTOBER NUMBER IS NOT COMPLETELY, UM, ACCURATE.
UH, WE DID A BIT MORE THAN THAT, BUT, UM, WHAT YOU
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CAN SEE HERE ON THE CHART IS WHEN YOU SEE INTAKE, THOSE ARE CATS THAT ACTUALLY WERE TRAPPED AND THEN ENDED UP COMING INTO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES FOR ADOPTION OR PLACEMENT.UM, THE, THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE THOSE CATS WERE TOO YOUNG TO RETURN BACK OUTSIDE, WERE IN UNSAFE COMMUNITIES OR WERE TOO SICK OR INJURED, UH, TO BE PLACED BACK OUTSIDE.
UM, THE S UM, THE SNN, THOSE ARE CATS THAT WE ACTUALLY TRAPPED OUR OFFICERS THAT FROM OUR COMMUNITY CAT TEAM TOOK TO SPAY NEUTER NETWORK AND THEY DID THE SURGERY FOR US.
UM, AND SO THAT'S TYPICALLY FROM THESE SORT OF TARGETED, UM, AREAS LIKE YOU SEE ON THE MAP.
AND THEN, UM, SURGERY, THAT IS WHERE DAS ACTUALLY PERFORMED THE SURGERY.
SO OUR TEAM TRACK THOSE CATS BROUGHT THEM IN, AND OUR VETERINARIANS PERFORM THE SURGERY.
AND AS WE DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGES WITH SURGERY AT DAS, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE TRY TO AVOID IF POSSIBLE, UH, JUST BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO IT FOR ADOPTED PETS, THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHERE, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HOLIDAYS, OVER THE HOLIDAYS, STANDARD NETWORK WASN'T OPEN ON CERTAIN DAYS, SO WE ABSORBED SOME OF THOSE SURGERIES OURSELF.
SO JUST TO KIND OF SHOW, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SORT OF A BASELINE WE HOPE TO GROW AND BE ABLE TO SHOW QUARTER OVER QUARTER, UM, HOW WE'RE IMPROVING IN THESE AREAS.
BUT, UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS THE RESULTS OF A TWO MAN TEAM OUT THERE.
SO, AND THEN FOR OUR
UH, I'M GONNA GO OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WITH YOU.
UH, THE FIRST SLIDE IS FIELD UPDATES.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE CONTINUED TO AGGRESSIVELY RECRUIT, HIRE, AND RETAIN OUR ACOS.
AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW SEEN IN THIS PAST FEW CYCLES IS WE, WE'VE MAINTAINED AT LEAST FIVE OR LAST VACANCIES FOR ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICER.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE STAFF BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE CALLS THAT ARE COMING IN AND TO BE, UH, AGGRESSIVELY PROACTIVE AS AS AS TIME ALLOWS, AND THEN TO, TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THOSE RETURN TO HOMES.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPACTING OUR ABILITY TO ENFORCE RIGHT NOW IN ONE CATEGORY RELATED TO ROOSTERS IS A NEW LEGISLATION HOUSE BILL 1750, WHICH THE CHAIR IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, WHICH IS BASICALLY COVERING THE AG, UH, OPERATIONS THAT ARE NOW ALLOWED AS AND IN ALLOWING ROOSTERS TO BE, UH, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
IF YOU KNOW THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE, THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, AND WE COULD ADDRESS 'EM FOR THAT ASPECT.
AND AS WELL, THROUGH THE, THIS NEW LEGISLATION HAS REMOVED BOTH OF THOSE MECHANISMS FOR US AND AS WELL REMOVE THE MECHANISM CODE TO ADDRESS THE ZONING ASPECT.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING AND WAITING FOR A, A, UH, RESPONSE FROM TEXAS A AND M ON HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY WORK AROUND THIS PROCESS.
BUT AT THIS POINT, THE CURRENT CHANGES ARE IN EFFECT WHERE WE CANNOT ADDRESS ROOSTERS AS NOT BEING ALLOWED WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
UH, ONE OF THE WINS THAT WE HAD, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE, THE, THE RE CEREMONY THAT WE HAD, THAT WE HAD A ROOF OF OFFICERS THAT FINALLY COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING WERE AND RECEIVED THEIR BADGE TO, TO FILL OUT INTO THE FIELD AND, AND DO WHAT THEY LOVE TO DO.
WE'LL, WE, WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ANOTHER CEREMONY COMING UP IN MARCH.
THIS SLIDE HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF LASTS FISCAL YEARS LOOSE, UH, LOOSE HEAT MAPS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DENSITY AND THE IMPACTS AND THE INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL DISTRICT AS FAR AS THESE NUMBERS GO.
BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE USE THESE, THIS DATA TO, TO DETERMINE WHERE WE NEED TO PLACE OUR ASSETS.
BECAUSE WHEN WE GET A LOOSE DOC CALL, IF IT'S NOT INDIVIDUAL TO ITSELF OR TO SOMEONE ELSE, WE HEAT MAP IT SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE TO SEND THE RESOURCES.
'CAUSE IF WE SENT A OFFICER TO RESPOND TO EACH LOOSE DOG CALL NINE TIMES OUTTA 10, THE DOG'S ALREADY GONE OR NOT IN THE AREA.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS WE CAN WITH ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO LOOSE DOGS.
AND FIRST WE HAVE OUR HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM.
UH, THIS TEAM IS OUR, UH, WORKS IN TANDEM WITH OPTIC MENT SOLUTIONS.
UH, THIS TEAM HAS A 14, UH, ROOFING, UH, CONSISTENT OF CORRESPOND AND HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, PROCESS INTERVENTION, THE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, THE MARK OFFICE AND CODE, AND THEN THE SUPPLEMENTAL TEAMS ARE MADE UP OF PARKS AND RECREATIONS, DELAWARE RESCUE AND PUBLIC WORKS.
THIS TEAM RESPONDS TO MCC REQUEST FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, UH, ISSUES AS IT RELATES TO HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND THE UNSHELTERED.
AND OUR TEAM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE IN THE, UH, CARE AND WELFARE OF THE
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ANIMALS THAT MAY BE AT THESE LOCATIONS, EITHER TO SECURE THE SITE PRIOR TO ENTERING OR PROVIDING RESOURCES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNSHELTERED WHO HAVE PETS.OF COURSE, OUR SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY UPDATES.
UH, WE DO PLAY A PART IN THE SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY, UH, SPECTRUM.
HOWEVER, THE LIMITED, UH, OUR LIMITATIONS ARE MORE RELATED TO TRANSPORT, HOUSING, AND CARE OF THE ANIMALS.
AND AS DIRECTOR REV SAID THAT WHEN WE DO GET AN INFLUX OF THESE ANIMALS, UH, HERE IN THIS FIRST QUARTER, WE HAD 441 5 STERS, WE HAVE TO SECURE THOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE EVIDENCE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE CARE AND FEEDING AND, AND MONITORING 24 7.
SO AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE OFFICERS EITHER OUT OF TRAINING OR OUT OF FIELD, UH, OR OFFER OVERTIME TO ENSURE THAT WE, WE MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE HAVE, UH, UH, ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS WE WORKED OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES OR SPACE, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, EDS DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO, TO SERVE LIVESTOCK OR THAT NUMBER OF ANIMALS, UH, AT, AT ONE SPOT.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH AND KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE A SPACE RESOURCES, THEY'VE FULFILLED ALL OF OUR NEEDS AND REQUESTS.
UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHERE THE LOCATION'S AT BECAUSE IT'S A EVIDENTIARY, UH, LOCATION.
BUT, UH, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO, TO DALLAS LAW UTILITIES FOR BEING A PARTNER AND, AND WORKING WITH US, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS PAST YEAR, UH, WITH
AND WHAT IT IS, IS THAT IT'S A COHORT MADE UP OF THE DAS, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE THROUGH THEIR MPC, UH, FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER.
AND THEN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IS OUR, OUR, UH, UH, WE'RE UNDER THE UMBRELLA WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UH, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US IN GUIDING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, IN 2020, UH, CITIES AND COUNTIES TODAY FOR FINE AND FEE JUSTICE IDENTIFIED ANIMAL PET RELATED FEES AMONG THE TOP CITATIONS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE, TO THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT, UH, OUR FINES AND FEES THAT WE'VE, UH, ANALYZED, 77% OF THOSE THAT WERE ISSUED IN SPECIFIC TARGETED AREAS.
IT'S THE HIGHEST VOLUME OF CITATIONS WITH 77%.
AND WHEN THAT AT LARGE TICKET IS WRITTEN, THEN SUBSEQUENT CITATIONS COULD BE WRITTEN FOR FAILURE TO, TO VACCINE SPAY AND NEUTER MICROCHIP AND SO FORTH.
SO IT CREATES A, A, A ROLLING, UH, BURDEN, AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN.
BUT WHAT WHAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ADDRESS IT EQUITABLY.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO REMOVE THE FOOD ASPECT OF GETTING THE CITATION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER AVENUES AND HOW WE CAN GAIN COMPLIANCE FOR THE PET AND FOR THE OWNER WHILE KEEPING THE DOG WITH THE OWNER AND NOT IN THE SHELTER OR INDUSTRY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN TALKS WITH THE COMMUNITY FORTS, UH, TO CHANGE OUR POLICY AS HOW WE ISSUE CITATIONS.
UH, IN DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN FORTS, THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO OFFER FOLKS TO HELP, RATHER THAN WORKING WITH US BEFORE WHERE IT'S EITHER PAY THE FINE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WE CAN ROUTE YOU THROUGH COMMUNITY COURT WHERE THEY HAVE FINANCIAL, UH, UH, UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HAVE FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT SENATOR TALK THEM ABOUT SOME OTHER ISSUES WITH THEIR INABILITY TO PAY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA OFFER RESOURCES AS FAR AS THE CURRENT RESOURCES THAT THE, UH, COMMUNITY COURT OFFERS FOR EMPLOYMENT, UH, UH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THROUGH A MECHANISM WHERE IF THEY MEET ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS AND WE SUBSIDIZED THEIR FIX-IT TICKETS WITH GETTING THE, THE CARE AND A MICROCHIP STAY NEUTERED, THAT A NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITY HAS PROVIDED US WITH A GRANT TO HELP OFFSET ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL CHARGES THAT THEY MAY HAVE OUT POCKET TO WHERE IT WOULD BE A NO OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND THEY GET THE ABILITY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO GET THEM THROUGH AND LIFT THEM UP.
IT'S CALLED THE LIFT UP MODEL.
SO IT'S RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, BUT NOT REMOVING THE PUNITIVE ASPECT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT THE FINE, IT'S ABOUT THE PERSON, AND IT'S ABOUT BEING EQUITABLE
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IN GETTING COMPLIANCE.SO WE ARE, WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND COMMUNITY FORCES EXCITED ABOUT US JOINING THEM, UH, IN THIS, UH, VENTURE.
AND, UH, WE'RE GLAD THAT THEY'RE ALLOWING US TO BE A PART OF IT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, TO THE GRAPHS TO THE RIGHT, A LARGE PORTION OF THESE AND FEES ARE ACTUALLY NOT BEING COLLECTED.
SO IT, IT WOULDN'T HAVE A BUDGET OR REVENUE IMPACT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GETTING NOW, IT IS NOT IN FIRST PLACE.
BUT, UH, WITH THAT, I WILL RETURN
THANK YOU, GOD, THANK YOU SUMMER AND SARAH, EVERYBODY DID A GREAT JOB.
UM, THE LAST SLIDE IS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.
WE HOPE TO BE COMPLETED AND HAVE A APPROVED TO SHARE PUBLISHING BY THIS SPRING.
BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR PILLARS.
WE HAVE PILLAR ONE, ADVANCE, THE DALLAS 90 INITIATIVE.
THAT'S REALLY OUR
PILLAR TWO, FOSTERING SAFE, A SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE AND PETS, WHICH IS FOCUSING ON PUBLIC SAFETY, CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, OUTREACH AND MARKETING, ACHIEVING OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, WHICH IS OUR CULTURE AND ENHANCING ENVIRONMENT TO SUPPORT EXEMPLARY CARE.
AND THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR FACILITY.
AND, AND WITH THE BOND PROGRAM NOT GOING, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY, WE HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO IN OUR CURRENT FACILITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PROPERLY CARE FOR THE ANIMALS.
UM, THE VISION THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, THAT WE CAME UP WITH AS A GROUP AND THE RETREAT IS FULL HOMES, EMPTY SHELTER, SAFE STREETS, EVERYBODY ON IN THE, ON THE TEAM SEEMS TO LOVE IT.
AND, UM, WHERE WE ARE, WE, WE'VE PULLED TOGETHER EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE FIVE LISTS OF THINGS, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THE THINGS.
SO PRIORITIZING THOSE, BREAKING IT DOWN, GIVING IT A TIMELINE AND OWNER AND, UM, AND THEN DEVELOPING THE BROCHURE FOR THE PUBLIC FACING DOCUMENT.
AND THEN WE WILL BE READY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM'S DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT ATISA AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN BREAK FROM THE BEGINNING TO, TO GETTING FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF YOU ON THE COMMISSION, FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, FROM CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, INTERNAL EXTERNAL VOLUNTEERS AND, AND, AND WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, I AGREE ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP THIS.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, THINK EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE REALLY WITH THE FINISH PROJECT AND IT WILL HELP GIVE US, UH, CLARITY BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH WORK TO DO.
THERE IS SO MUCH WORK TO DO AND WE HAVE FINITE RESOURCES AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S REALLY JUST TAKE THIS POINTED IN THE DIRECTION TO ADDRESS THE THINGS BY PRIORITY, WHAT TIMELINES, UM, I THINK WILL HELP US BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD TO, UM, COMMISSIONERS, UM, AND THEIR QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO START ONLINE IF POSSIBLE.
UM, IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START WITH COMMISSIONER RO.
UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, JUST A REMINDER FOR THE CADENCE OF THIS.
SO COMMISSIONERS HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WE'RE GONNA ASK THAT YOU, UH, PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ALL IN ONE GO, AND THEN STAFF CAN ADDRESS THEM AFTERWARDS.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE NOTE THAT WE HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE JOINED US, UM, SINCE THEN.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES JUST FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN WE CAN START, UM, ONLINE.
CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? MM-HMM.
IF WE GO OVER THE FIVE MINUTES, 'CAUSE THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
THAT'S WHEN YOU SAID THIS, WHAT, YOU KNOW, EXPANDED IT.
SO HOW CAN, HOW CAN WE BETTER THAT? SO WHAT WE DO, WE, WHAT WE CAN DO IS SECOND ROUNDS, BUT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, UH, ROBERT'S RULES.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO GO IN ROUNDS.
UM, STAFF CAN EITHER ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY
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AFTER OR WE CAN HOLD AFTER.BUT UM, ESSENTIALLY TO KEEP THE MEETING FLOWING.
BUT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE EXTRA HOUR, WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL RABBIT SLIDE.
UM, SO IF WE CAN START WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER LASTER, IF YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR DISTRICT, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT WITH COMMISSIONER SED.
AND THEN I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER MOS JOINED US ONLINE AS WELL.
CASSANDRA LASTER, DISTRICT SEVEN AS, UH, ADAM ULA IS MY COUNCIL PERSON.
UH, SAN JOSE DISTRICT 15 MAYOR JOHNSON'S APPOINTEE.
AND COMMISSIONER MO MOS, I JUST SAW YOU.
COMMISSIONER GREG MOS, DISTRICT SIX.
MY COUNCIL MEMBER IS OMAR VEZ.
AND THEN, UM, WHO DID YOU WANNA START WITH ONLINE? UM, BOSKY.
LET'S GO AHEAD WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER STRP THEN, UH, PHIL, THEN MOS.
UM, AND THEN COMMISSIONER SCH STRP, JUST GO AHEAD AND LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY AND I'LL START YOUR TIME.
I THINK THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING IS SPAY NEUTER.
I MEAN, LET'S GET 'EM ALL DONE.
AND I WANNA KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET MORE FREE SPAY AND NEUTER.
IS IT MONEY? IS IT IS, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU NEED MORE VETS.
I MEAN, HOW CAN WE GET MORE VETS? HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE GOING OUT TO THE VETS WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRACTICE AND SAY, HEY, CAN Y'ALL VOLUNTEER? CAN YOUR TEAM VOLUNTEER A VET FOR ONE DAY A WEEK OR A MONTH OR WHATEVER? UM, YOU KNOW, CAN WE LOOK INTO THAT? UM, I KNOW YOU SAID WHICH, WHICH GOES INTO, YOU SAID YOU HAVE 35 SURGERY DAYS AND YOU NEED TO DO 65, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S FOR SPAY AND NEUTER.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ON NEONATALS THAT, THAT THEY DIED OR, OR, OR DIDN'T RELEASE OR WHATEVER.
DOES THAT MEAN THEY DIED, WHICH I KNOW IS A HIGH RATE OR, OR PUT TO SLEEP AND, UM, LET'S SEE, DA DA DA.
OH, WERE YOU, YOU HAD A CATEGORY OF PUPPIES, ADULTS AND WHATEVER WAS ADOPTED.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE OR TOO MUCH TROUBLE TO MAYBE ADD A SENIOR IN THERE? YOU KNOW, IS ARE SENIORS GETTING ADOPTED AND PULL THAT OUT OF ADULTS? UH, UM, OH, AND I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT TYPE OF SPECIALTY SURGERIES Y'ALL DO AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN HELP THE TRAP AND RELEASE PEOPLE.
BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK SPAY AND NEUTER IS THE MAJOR ONE THING WE NEED TO DO.
IF ALL THE ANIMALS WERE FIXED, WE WOULDN'T HAVE PROBLEM.
UM, WOULD ANY STAFF LIKE TO ADDRESS OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS AT THE END? UH, I'LL GO AHEAD EDWARD.
IS THAT I, I WAS, I WAS GONNA SAY YOU MIGHT, WELL, NEVERMIND.
WHAT WERE YOU, WHAT WHAT'S YOUR I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ALWAYS ADDRESS AT THE END BECAUSE I GUESS IF PEOPLE GET THEIR ANSWER, NEVERMIND.
Y'ALL GO
SO, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS ARE THE SAME, WE HAVE FOUR QUESTIONS.
SO VOLUNTEER PER DAY, UH, MARY MARTIN, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SHE'S ALREADY MEETING WITH THE HOSPITALS AND, AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO THE PRIVATE VETERINARIANS TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT US.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE IN RFP THAT WILL BE COMING OUT FOR, UM, FOR THREE THINGS, FOR AFTER HOURS CARE FOR SPANNER AND FOR, UM, PER DIEM VETERINARIANS.
UM, WE, WE DID, AND I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, WE DID HAVE AN ENHANCEMENT OF $250,000 TO OUR BUDGET FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR SPAY NEUTER.
AND I WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, AND WE PRIORITIZE THAT.
SO WE HAD, I, I'VE HAD 20%, UM, EVERY, EVERY BUDGET CYCLE I ASK FOR 20% MORE, YOU KNOW, AND SO THEN THEY ASK ME WHAT MY TOP THREE TO FIVE PRIORITIES ARE.
SO I'M, I, WE, BECAUSE WE'RE A TEAM, WE ASKED FOR THAT SPAY AND NEUTER FUND ABOVE OTHER STAFF ABOVE HAVING, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED A FACILITY MANAGER, WE WANTED AN AFTER HOURS, LIKE WE WANTED ALL OF THESE THINGS.
BUT WE KNOW THAT SPAY AND NEUTER IS SO IMPORTANT THAT, THAT, THAT $250,000 IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE, AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS
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TOO.UM, PART OF THE RFP IS PARTNERSHIPS TO DO SPAY NEUTER, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE ONLY PERSON THAT I CAN PAY THAT DOWN ANIMAL SERVICES CAN PAY TO DO SPAY NEUTER IS SPAY NEUTER NETWORK.
THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON I CAN PICK THROUGH CITY PROCESSES.
SO, UM, THAT ISN'T, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH TCAP.
WE HAVE ANOTHER FUNDER PAYING FOR THEM.
WE ARE WORKING WITH OPERATING KINDNESS TO DEVELOP SOMETHING.
THE SBCA HAS A NEW DIRECTOR, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, CEO.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIP CITED ABOUT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, SO VOLUNTEER PER DAY.
NEONATES ARE HARD TO KEEP ALIVE.
THEY'RE HARD TO WANT TO THRIVE.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A NURSERY, WHICH A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE, A LOT OF SHELTERS NATIONALLY DON'T HAVE A NURSERY.
OUR NURSERY IS OPEN FROM MARCH, APRIL TO OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.
AND SO WE'RE SAVING AS MANY NE DATES AS WE CAN.
UM, AT SENIOR ADOPTION NUMBERS, I SAW SARAH TAKE A NOTE OF IT.
SHE THE ONE WHO HANDLES THE ADOPTIONS AND THEN THE SPECIALTY SURGERIES THAT ARE HAPPENING.
UH, YESTERDAY THERE WAS A NUCLEATION THAT WERE HAPPENING ON CATS THAT, THAT NEEDED THOSE SURGERIES.
UM, WE HAD A POMERANIAN COME IN TWO WEEKS AGO WITH THREE BROKEN LEGS.
AND SO OUR DOCTOR FIXED THAT DOG ENOUGH THAT DIDN'T FIX IT, FIXED IT ENOUGH SO THAT HE COULD GO OFF AND, AND BE, HE GOT SUPPORTED THROUGH CPA'S PAST PROGRAM AND MAKE UP MACY'S MISSION, I BELIEVE.
UM, I THINK HE ACTUALLY WENT
SO, SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS, UM, THE SPECIALTY OF WOUND, WOUND, UM, CARE.
SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF SPECIALTY SURGERIES THAT WERE DENIED.
AND THOSE ARE THE FOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER HILL, COMMISSIONER STREP, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND 13 SECONDS OF YOUR ROUND LEFT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, MELISSA.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE ANSWERS ONCE.
COMMISSIONER HILL, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL START YOUR TIME.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
IT WAS AMAZING AND FULL OF GREAT INFORMATION.
UM, AND I WANTED TO LET MS. RYAN KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S STILL THERE OR NOT, TO NOT GIVE UP ON CATS IN DALLAS, UM, THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND PROGRAMS AND PLANS TO HELP THE TEAM OUT THERE THAT'S TRAPPING.
BUT SINCE THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE LAST TWO MEETINGS THAT I'VE ATTENDED, AND THEN THE